Jack Gregory | |
Number: | 23 |
Position: | Guard |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1915 |
Birth Place: | Okolona, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Okolona, Mississippi, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 215 |
High School: | Okolona (Okolona, MS) |
Draftyear: | 1940 |
Draftround: | 13 |
Draftpick: | 115 |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 7 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 0 |
Pfr: | GregJa20 |
Earl Jackson "Big Bubba" Gregory (February 14, 1915 – November 5, 2003) was an American football guard.
He played college football at the University of Alabama before transferring to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and was selected as a first-team tackle on the Associated Press Little All-America team in 1939.[1] He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Rams. He appeared in seven NFL games during the 1941 season.[2] After retiring from football, he worked as a cattleman, farmer, and landowner. He was named to the University of Chattanooga All Century football team and was a charter member of the school's Sports Hall of Fame.
He died in 2003 at age 88.[3]